Project Reports

States Use Innovative Programmatic Financing Approach to Maintain Stable CWSRF Demand
This report shows how several states use an innovative financing approach, Programmatic Financing (or “Pro-Fi” for short), which offers mutual benefits for CWSRF programs and their largest customers. For the utility, Pro-Fi provides a stable, predictable funding source to incorporate into the annual budget process, as well as a simplified CWSRF application process. For CWSRF state programs, Pro-Fi provides a guaranteed source of regular disbursements that allows for reliable cash flow planning and reduces the risk that unliquidated obligations will grow out of control.

Waste Not Want Not: Water Reuse and Recycling in Texas
The Texas Water Development Board has provided more than $300 million to over 28 projects using its CWSRF to fund a diversified portfolio of water reclamation, reuse and supply development solutions to augment community resiliency in the face of severe drought events throughout the state.

Value-Focused Approach to Improving Water Quality: Albany-Millersburg Talking Water Gardens
To meet new total maximum daily load requirements, the cities of Albany and Millersburg in Oregon worked together to design and fund a project that addresses wastewater treatment from a natural hydrological perspective. The Talking Water Gardens project involved creating 37 acres of constructed wetlands and was partially funded through $8 million received through the Oregon CWSRF.

Innovative Stormwater Management: Spokane Urban Runoff Greenways Ecosystem
Spokane, Washington developed the Spokane Urban Runoff Greenway Ecosystem (SURGE) program to retrofit the existing urban landscape of curb and gutter systems in several places. The city uses low-impact and green infrastructure strategies to mimic the natural hydrologic process. These strategies include capturing, treating, and infiltrating stormwater runoff to study the impact on water quality.

Collaborative Watershed Restoration Plan: Maine’s Project to Improve Casco Bay
The Long Creek Restoration Project received $2.1 million in ARRA loan funding from Maine’s CWSRF to implement the recommendations of the Long Creek Watershed Management Plan. The project includes the installation of a variety of green stormwater components such as vegetative bioswales and soil media filters to reduce pollutant loadings in Casco Bay.